Blogs
The Tinker's Toolbox -
November 7, 2011 7:12 am | CommentsHosted by Alix Paultre, the Tinker's Toolbox is the Advantage Design Group's web-based interview show where we talk about the latest technology, components, and design issues for the electronic design engineering community. In this podcast we talk to Jeff Jussel, senior director of global technology marketing at element14 about critical challenges to the engineer throughout the design process.
The Tinker's Toolbox - Steve Canton of iCore on VoPI and Disaster Recovery
November 4, 2011 9:18 am | CommentsHosted by Alix Paultre, the Tinker's Toolbox is the Advantage Design Group's web-based interview show where we talk about the latest technology, components, and design issues for the electronic design engineering community. In this podcast we talk to Stephen G. Canton, Chairman and CEO of iCore Networks about the benefits of Voice over Private Internet (VoPI) and disaster recovery tools.
Can Solar Survive Solyndra Aftermath?
November 3, 2011 1:12 pm | CommentsThe recent collapse of a few high-profile solar energy companies, like Solyndra and Beacon Power , has caused even the most ardent fans of alternative energy to ask, "Can this industry survive?" The answer is a resounding, yes and no. It all depends on what government on all levels does.
Great Expectations
November 3, 2011 8:37 am | CommentsI have heard customers and suppliers express frustration about what they get or do not get from th e distributors with whom they do business. Much of that is simply a function of distribution being an easy target, since they are the ultimate middlemen. Customers are reluctant to place a value on the services that distribution provides and suppliers often don’t want to recognize distribution’s contribution to their sales strategy.
Composite Enclosures Prove To Be The Best ChoiceFor Protecting Wireless Controls
November 2, 2011 10:59 am | by Jeff Seagle, President, Stahlin Non-Metallic Enclosures | CommentsSince the early 1960's, Stahlin Non-Metallic Enclosures has been manufacturing fiberglass enclosure housings to protect electrical connections as well as sensitive controls, instrumentation and measurement systems. Applications of our enclosures are useful in a diverse range of industries including water and wastewater, solar, wind, food, marine, oil and gas, and many more.
The Tinker's Toolbox - Mark Moran of Atollic on Software Development Tools
November 2, 2011 5:54 am | CommentsHosted by Alix Paultre, the Tinker's Toolbox is the Advantage Design Group's web-based interview show where we talk about the latest technology, components, and design issues for the electronic design engineering community. In this podcast we talk to Mark Moran, US General Manager of Atollic, about software development tools and the advantages they provide the engineer.
Build Your Discrete Workbench
November 2, 2011 5:00 am | CommentsThis video from NXP about your workbench shows how you can optimize the efficiency of your design with an ideal balance of power, size and value. It shows how using NXP's on-bench samples have great performance with low VCEsat (BISS) transistors, rectifiers, small signal and power MOSFETs, all in industry-leading packages.
The Fall of Solyndra was Expected and the DoD is Happy
November 1, 2011 3:13 pm | CommentsThe collapse of Solyndra has been the subject of both major news coverage and a foundational bit of political discourse recently. A closer look at the facts reveals that the reality of Solyndra and the solar industry is far from the speculation, especially when viewed from a military perspective.
Printed Electronics Invigorates Old Electronics
October 31, 2011 11:35 am | Commentsby Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx Most of the well-known objectives of printed electronics remain elusive because they are glamorous, Olympian dreams based on some very exciting demonstrations in laboratories. For example, we plan stretchable, invisible solar cells to go over the whole of a car or building and tightly rollable colour screens and keyboards that unfurl from inside a tiny mobile telephone.
The Tinker's Toolbox - Jason Kridner of Texas Instruments on the Beagleboard
October 31, 2011 7:51 am | CommentsHosted by Alix Paultre, the Tinker's Toolbox is the Advantage Design Group's web-based interview show where we talk about the latest technology, components, and design issues for the electronic design engineering community. In today's podcast we talk to Jason Kridner of Texas Instruments to discuss the BeagleBoard in its third anniversary year and other tools engineers can use to ease development pains.
Embedding Systems
October 28, 2011 6:53 am | CommentsThe impact of convergence on the design community is not just increasing in scope, it's also speeding up. Consolidation of functionality and integration of subsystems has meant that the very definition of what an embedded system is becomes more elusive. Even editorially in the industry, the situation has gotten to the point that "ordinary" semiconductors like MOSFETS and diodes are lumped in with passives in the new product sections, and even complex devices like switches and op amps aren't even really considered ICs anymore.
Steve Jobs' Full Legacy Yet to be Written - What's Next?
October 28, 2011 4:27 am | CommentsSteve Jobs’ has left a legacy that is hard to capture. His vision and product from Pixar to Apple are still growing. It is also widely believed that there are more cool products in the pipeline that have Steve’s touch to them – such as a rumored Apple iOS central HDTV. This blog however addresses what I believe will be a tectonic shift in the high technology ecosystem which is likely to happen over the next 12 months.
Create a Decorative Conductive Fabric Button
October 27, 2011 10:11 am | CommentsThese instructions can be used to create a variety of switches- not just the one I've made here. Feel free to change it up and make a button that works with your project, such as a cat button with conductive thread whiskers you can stroke or a guitar button with strummable strings! The type of switch you're making is called a 'momentary' button or switch.
The Tinker's Toolbox - Bruce Douglass of IBM Rational on Ubiquitous Computing
October 27, 2011 7:49 am | CommentsHosted by Alix Paultre, the Tinker's Toolbox is the Advantage Design Group's web-based interview show where we talk about the latest technology, components, and design issues for the electronic design engineering community. In today's podcast we talk to Bruce Douglass of IBM Rational on Ubiquitous Computing and the challenges it presents to the design engineering community.
The Tinker's Toolbox - Venkat Mattela of Redpine and Øyvind Strøm of Atmel on Wireless Embedded Systems
October 26, 2011 12:23 pm | CommentsHosted by Alix Paultre, the Tinker's Toolbox is the Advantage Design Group's web-based interview show where we talk about the latest technology, components, and design issues for the electronic design engineering community. Venkat Mattela Øyvind Strøm In today's podcast we talk to Venkat Mattela, CEO at Redpine Signals, and Øyvind Strøm, senior director of wireless marketing at Atmel about enabling wireless embedded systems .
